Long-term follow-up of patients with myotonic dystrophy: An electrocardiogram every year is not necessary

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-257

  Brembilla Perrot, Batrice ^a   Luporsi, Jean Dominique ^a   Louis, Sarah ^b   Kaminsky, Pierre ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Myotonic dystrophy; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251487889     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq423     Document Type: Article

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